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Marine veteran remembers visit by Colonel Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, the Marine Corps’ highest ranking Ace from WW II, who died 22 years ago today.

(SOMERDALE, NJ) - It’s not often that you get to ‘stand inspection’ for a Medal of Honor winner. The word was passed that Colonel Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, WW II Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient with VMF-214, would be visiting MCAS El Toro and the Marine Wing Service Group-37 tomorrow.

This was a big deal. Medal of Honor winners do not pay visits every day. Pappy Boyington was the highest ranking WW II Ace in the Marine Corps.

VA Medical Mistreatment: Gross Betrayal of Veterans
Nobody is Responsible

The VA doctors have a proclivity for prescribing powerful, adverse-side effect drugs. Oxycontin is the worst example

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - On January 3, 2010 CBS aired a program about one million mistreated, disabled veterans having disability claims DELAYED, DENIED by a system that waits for them to DIE.

This is so perversely punitive and sick one would think the VA is part of the NAZI death camps. The results are often the same.

Israeli Military Demolitions Further Threaten al-Bweireh Neighborhood

Israeli settlers often attack this Palestinian neighborhood while the men of are away during the day, and women are heard screaming.

(HEBRON, West Bank) - On the morning of 31 December 2009, the Israeli military, using a small Bobcat bulldozer, destroyed buildings belonging to the Sultan and al-Za'atari families in the Hebron neighborhood of al-Bweireh.

At the al-Za'atari house, the military destroyed a dovecote and the stables where the family kept their goats and horse.

Trucker Escapes Serious Injury After Being Pinned Inside Overturned Semi

Police say it happened north of Medford on Interstate-5.

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - Despite having a leg pinned inside an overturned commercial truck for about one hour, a commercial truck driver was not seriously injured Sunday after his truck overturned on Interstate 5.

The crash scene on Interstate 5 at milepost 26, involved two vehicles in separate crashes.

Smoke Alarms Help Residents Avoid Injuries During Apartment Fire

"Working smoke detectors alerted the occupants to the fire, and we extinguished the fire with minimal damage to the building" -

(SALEM, Ore.) - Quick thinking residents at a NE Salem apartment complex that caught fire Sunday morning, safely evacuated the building after being alerted by working smoke alarms, the one thing that fire officials say will save your life in the event of a fire.

Cord Vonderahe, Battalion Chief with Salem Fire, says crews rolled to the scene at 1:15 a.m. Sunday. The four-unit apartment complex had been evacuated by the time of their arrival.

Mossad Tied to `Underwear Bomber`

The American public is being misled again into believing that this “lone nut” terrorist sneaked through the system due to mere incompetence, similar to what occurred on 9-11.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - “His explosives couldn’t have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it wouldn’t have worked.”

These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to ignite 80 grams of the explosive PETN on a flight destined for America.

Couple Arrested in Murder of 3-Year Old Child in Sandy

Four additional children of the arrested couple were taken by Child Custody officials.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Clackamas County Sheriff's Office investigators continued their investigation of the the death of a three-year-old child in Sandy that was reported Saturday. Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Spokesman, Det. Jim Strovink, says officials are not releasing the name of the child.

Investigators say the child lived at the residence with the biological father, 27-year old Donald L. Cockrell.

Motorhome Destroyed by Fire at I-5 Rest Area

The RV owner was able to get out safely and rescued his cat in the process.

(JEFFERSON, Ore.) - A 1979 Dodge Explorer motor home was destroyed Sunday afternoon by a fire that started in the engine compartment, according to Elizabeth Jones with the Jefferson Fire District.

Firefighters responded at 1:23 p.m. to the incident at the rest area near exit 241 on I-5 northbound. Jones says the motor home, owned by Washington resident Charles Rogers, was heavily involved when firefighters arrived on scene.

Intifada-Palestine Celebrates First Birthday

“Shaking off” is the literal translation of “intifada.”

(MEXICO CITY) - Intifada was begun as a pro-Palestine Blog on 11th January, 2009 and managed by a single person trying to satiate a need for truth in a world voraciously devoured by inconsistencies and uncomprehending propaganda and lies against the Palestinian people.

We are delighted to announce more than 171,000 visits during the year from readers around the globe.

Partisan Bias Taints MLK Legacy

Is inflicting pain the newest social sport?

(SALEM, Ore.) - With Martin Luther King Day soon to arrive, we as a nation are seeing exacerbated bias and namecalling on the basis of political belief. There is a distinct lack of real civil discourse. In its place lurks the demon of partisan bigotry--that's for certain.

One wonders how Dr. King would have addressed this divisive issue.